Focal segmental glomerulonephritis in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis.

Autor: Martín-Navarro, Juan A., José Gutiérrez-Sánchez, M., Petkov-Stoyanov, Vladimir, Justo-Ávila, Pablo, Ionela-Stanescu, Ramona
Zdroj: Nefrologia; 2013, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p431-433, 3p, 1 Color Photograph, 1 Chart
Abstrakt: A case study of a 35-year-old Moroccan male is presented who has no previous illnesses, is diagnosed with focal segmental glomerulonephritis (FSGN). He was treated with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and immunoglobulin Ig d which helps in decreasing proteinuria. Later he was diagnosed with sarcoidosis by computerized tomography (CT) when he experience abdominal pain, diarrhoea and vomiting showing close association of FSGN with sarcoidosis.
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